Weed puller



Apr. 10, 1923.

A. J. BEINGESSNE'R WEED FULLER Filed Mar. 22, 1922 Patented Apr. 10,1923.

ammo A -m ALBERT JOHN BEINeEssnER, 0E CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, AssIenoROF ONE THIRD To ALBERT BEINGESSINER Ann ONE-THIRDTO ALFRED E. ,ALLE'N,BOTH or CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

' WEED FULLER.

Application filed March 22, 1922. Serial No. 545,797.

T 0 all to hom it may concern Beit known that I, ALBERT JOHN BEIN-GESSNER, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, andresiding at Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, Canada. (whosepost-ofiice address isc/o W. J. Gray, 1648 Third Ave. S. W., Calgary,Alberta, Canada), have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aWeed Puller, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a weed puller, in which I employa puller mounted upon a carriage in such a way that it may travel uponor within the ground as desired, and I have in combination with thepuller, a cleaner which will prevent the weeds being trailed along theground by the puller bar after being pulled.

I attain these objects-by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fig. 1, is a plan view showing the carriage and thecleaner in relation to the puller bar.

Fig. 2, is a vertical cross section through the machine. i Fig. 3, is apartial elevation of the front of the machine, and shows the method ofsuspending the puller bar from the carriage member.

Fig. 1, is a perspective View of one end of the machine showing indetail the mechanism for raising and lowering the weed puller.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Travelling wheels 1, are-mounted for rotation at each end of acentralaxle 2, and upon this axle at intermediate points brackets 3, aremounted to which brackets a U shaped frame 4:, is secured. Centrally ofthe axle 2, between the travelling wheels 1, a draw bar 5, is secured,which is also secured to, and supports the U shaped frame 4.

Motive power is applied throughthis bar 5,

the said draw bar being raised from the ground to the height required.Curved hanger arms 6, are provided which are pivoted in brackets 7,securely mounted upon the front member of the frame 4. Into the lowerends of these curved hangers 6, a pull- 7 which also forms a support fora quadrant central bushing through which a long rectangular rod 11,passes. The rod 11, is supported in the brackets 3, at each end of themachine, a setting lever 12, being keyed upon the said rod in relationto the quadrant 10. Arms 13, are also keyed upon the said rod 11, whichare pivoted to a collar 16 around the depth control rods 14, The; depthcontrol rods 14:, are pivoted at their lower end to the hanging arms 6,and at their upper end are suspended through the collar 16 which engagesa stop 17, for lifting purposes, a' spring 15, coiled around the rods14;, and co-acting upon a collar 16 giving the automatic control ofdepth.

At the back of the puller bar 8, and approximately parallel thereto, isa cleaning device consisting of wheels 18, mounted for rotation upon acentral shaft 19, the said wheels 18 being spaced upon the shaft 19, andhaving rods 20, rigidly mounted at intervals upon and adjoining theirperipheries, thus forming an open sided roller. The shaft 19, is mountedin arms 21, which are suspended from the central axle 2, of the machine,so that the weight of the roller will maintain it in rolling Contactwith the ground and the 'rods 20, will hold the tops of the weeds uponthe ground while the puller is uprooting them.

What I claim is: c

1. In a weed puller, in combination with a carriage and a frame mountedthereon, a

puller bar mounted in the lower end of the position of the pulling bar,a setting.

lever and quadrant controlling the movement of the said depth controlrods, and a rotary pressure member adapted to engage the tops of theweeds and press them upon the surface of the ground, all substantiallyas described;

2. In-a weed puller, in combination with a carriage and a frame mountedthereon, a pulling bar mounted in the lower end of hangers pivoted uponthe said frame, depth control rods pivoted to the said hangers andadapted to raise or lower the position of the pulling bar, a settinglever and quadrant controlling the movement of the said depth controlrods, and a rotary pressure member the disc Wheels are mounted, beingpivoted 1 adapted to engage the tops of the Weeds and upon the carriageof the device and adapted press them upon the surface of the ground, tobe always in rolling contact with the a the said pressure memberconsisting of disc ground surface, all substantially as de- 5 Wheelsmounted loosely upon a central shaft scribed.

and separated from one another by a plu- ALBERT JOHN BEINGESSNER. ralityof rods mounted upon and joining Witnesses: their peripheries across thespace between W. J. GRAY,

the said discs, the central shaft upon which A. E. ALLEN.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that the name of the first mentioned assignee inLetters Patent No. 1,451,455, grantedApril 10, 1923, upon theapplication of AlbertJohn Beingessner, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; foranimprovement in Weed Pullers, Was erroneously Written and printed asAlbert Beingessner, Whereas said name should have been Written andprinted as Otto Beingessner, as shown by the records of assignments inthis oflice and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Oflice. v

, Signed andsealed this 5th day of June, A. D., 1923.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

